Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:17): Australia believes in the coal industry. We believe in our own domestic coal industry. This is a very clear point of difference between the government and the political party that you represent, Senator Waters. We know that Australia produces some of the cleanest coal in the world. That coal is produced by a highly skilled workforce in accordance with world's best practice environmental standards. It is a very important source of prosperity for the Australian economy and a very important source of jobs for Australians—something, Senator Waters, that you seem to pay no heed to whenever you raise this issue. So the Australian government will continue to support the Australian coal industry. That is not a view, by the way, only shared on this side of the aisle. The Labor Party also supports the Australian coal industry. But you, Senator Waters, representing a party with an ideological zealotry about this issue, do not support the Australian coal industry. That is fine, but you go, Senator Waters, for example, to Central Queensland, which you are meant to represent in this chamber— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. A point of order, Senator Waters? Senator Waters: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. Despite the minister's rhetorical flourish, I would actually like an answer to the question of: why is Australia blocking moves to remove public funding for coal fired power stations internationally? The PRESIDENT: I believe the minister up-front said it was because Australia believes in coal and the coal industry. I will take that as an answer to the question, but I will invite the minister, if he has any further information to add— Senator BRANDIS: Senator Waters, as I was saying, you go and face the people you are meant to be representing in this chamber, the people of Queensland, including the people of Central Queensland, and you go and explain to them why you are trying to destroy their jobs, to destroy their economic prospects and the economic prospects of their children and their grandchildren by stopping the Carmichael mine in the Galilee Basin. You explain to those people, Senator, why a mine that will lift tens of millions of Indian people out of energy poverty is in your sights. (Time expired)